TinkerCAD is an intuitively designed and effective means of making a 3D print from a 2D image, and thus ideal for creating letterpress blocks. With that said, there is still a process of prepping an image to be 3D printed using Illustrator, and often Photoshop. If you are new to...
Isabella Viega and Rabbit Soup / Forest Elegies This article will be the first in a series showcasing the amazing work that has been created using the Huskiana Printing Press in its first year up and running at Northeastern University. I had the opportunity to speak with Northeastern alumni Isabella...
In Spring of 2020, I joined the team of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students in the Letterpress Goes 3D project. This multi-faceted project set out with the goal of recreating historical image blocks, moveable type, and printing plates as well as original material creations of digital fonts and images for...
Introduction In order to share the activity of the Letterpress Goes 3D, or LG3D, we first must share the definition and potential of “letterpress.” Letterpress was the dominant printing technology from the 16th century to the early 20th century, and continues to be used today for educational, historical, and artisanal...
In this post, we’ll be going over how you can create wooden letterpress blocks of a digital font of your choosing. Each block will correspond to an individual letter which can be used to create, or “compose,” lines of type for letterpress printing. Blocks of a particular type (e.g. “A,”...
The process to prepare a historical image for laser cutting is slightly more complex and time-intensive than preparing a born-digital image because you will likely have to do some restoration work. If you are new to Photoshop in particular, you will likely have a much easier time creating a laser...
This tutorial will show you how to convert a digital image into a vector image that can then be laser cut to create a wooden letterpress block for printing. Essentially, this guide will take you from digital image to woodcut! Before you begin, it is important to ensure that the...
When: Thursday, February 13th, 2020, 2:30-4:30 Where: Huskiana Letterpress Studio, Holmes Hall 489 What: Print & design your own Valentine’s Day Card Recently Huskiana student researcher Violet Lingenfelter created a fantastic heart cut, which we wanted to share with the community. Come to the press this Thursday, February 13 between...
We are thrilled to join our friends from Sputnik & Fizzle to create a new chapbook series that will be created using hybrid digital/letterpress printing. What does that mean precisely? We’re still figuring it out, but we know that each chapbook will include a letterpress edition of (at least) one...
NU undergrad Muhammad Elarbi took some incredible photos at our opening wayzgoose last Tuesday and generously gave us permission to share them. It was so much fun hosting the Northeastern community—we hope to see you again soon!
On Tuesday, February 12th we will throw a wayzgoose to celebrate the founding of the newest-oldest maker space on the Northeastern University campus. If you don’t know what a wayzgoose is, you can look it up—or you can come ask us during the event! When: February 12, 2019 from 11am-1:30pmWhere:...
